The rapper Eazy-E, who succumbed to AIDS last March, was better known as a hustler, businessman, and gangsta-rap founder than as a first-rate rhymer. This retrospective — drawn mostly from his spotty solo work, with a few tracks from N.W.A — won't change that perception. But hits like the groundbreaking ''Boyz-N-the-Hood'' and the funky ''We Want Eazy'' are enjoyably raw (and music history to boot).
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